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Yes. This is not a criticism of Ofifce 365
Mary Jo Foley 20th Oct 2010
It is more of an explainer. I think a number of MS customers still want local Office copies on their desktop. For one, they get offline access (which Google isn't providing with their offerings still, last I heard).

Also: MS does not want to kill off its Office cash cow just yet by offering everyone cloud-only Office. Once licensing revs start really declining for Office on PCs, they will pull the Office cloud switch, I think.

THanks, Joe. MJ
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